Musicals Are Back! Jacques Demy by Damien Chazelle (director of La La Land)* Wanting happiness is already a bit of happiness 1 PALME D OR 6 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS *Damien Chazelle is the director of La La Land, which won 6 OSCARS in 2017 : Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Song, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design
LOLA Lola is a cabaret dancer who s raising her son alone and awaiting the return of his long-lost father. When another love-struck soul, the wanderer Roland, falls in love with her, she is ultimately unwilling to entertain his adoration. 2 BAFTA AWARD 1963 NOMINATIONS : BEST FILM, BEST FOREIGN ACTRESS (ANOUK AIMÉE) 1961 B&W 2.35 Mono Drama, Romance 85 Cast : Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Elina Labourdette Very beautifully shot, in widescreen and luminous blackand-white, formally astonishing Time Out
BAY OF ANGELS (La baie des anges) In Nice, at the casino, Jean discovers gambling and one platinum blonde gambler in particular named Jackie whom he instantly falls for. Jackie toys with the awkward Jean, giving him his first experience of love. With somber realism, Jacques Demy spins a tale of love, obsession and gambling. While Jeanne Moreau delivers one of her finest performances as a seductive Parisian who would sell her soul for another spin at the roulette table. 1963 B&W 1.66 Mono Drame, Romance - 89 Cast : Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet Voluptuous, sun-drenched jumps out of the pack The New York Times
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision. A dazzling musical heart-tugger that launched Catherine Deneuve to stardom. CANNES 1964 PALME D OR 5 ACADEMY AWARD 1966 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST FOREIGN FILM AND BEST MUSIC 1964 Colour 1.66 Mono Romance, Musical - 91 Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel It continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964 The Los Angeles Time Pure cinematic magic Empire
The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), long for big-city life ; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, romance is around the corner. ACADEMY AWARD 1969 NOMINEE (BEST MUSIC) 1967 Colour 2.35 Mono Comedy, musical 120 Cast : Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Perrin, Georges Chakiris, Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly Irresistibly swinging The Guardian Certainly the best musical in some time The New York Times
Donkey Skin (Peau d Âne) Upon the advice of her fairy godmother, a princess disguises herself in a donkey skin to avoid an unwanted marriage proposal from her own father, the king. 1970 Colour 1.66 Mono Fantasy, musical 89 Cast : Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig Based on a tale by Charles Perrault A cool, shimmering version of a classic French fairy tale, featuring the crème de la crème of French actors Slant Magazine
The Pied Piper (Le Joueur de flûte) A Slightly Pregnant Man (L Événement le plus important depuis que l homme a marché sur la Lune) During the Black Death, a piper is hired by a duplicitous burgomaster to rid the town of Hamelin of its rats. The piper uses his magical powers and does what he s asked but is denied the payment promised him. In revenge, he leads all of Hamelin s children out of town. An hymn to the artists Télérama Marco is a driving instructor engaged to Irène, a hairdresser. Feeling strangely uneasy one day, he visits a doctor who announces that he is four months pregnant. Marco s case becomes instantly famous. Provocative Slant Magazine 1972 Colour 1.66 Mono Fantasy, musical 90 Cast : Donovan, Donald Pleasance, John Hurt, Michaël Hordern, Jack Wild, Peter Vaughan Music by Donovan 1973 Colour 1.66 Mono Comedy 94 Cast : Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Claude Melki, Mireille Mathieu, Maurice Biraud, Alice Sapritch, Jacques Legras
A Room In Town (Une Chambre en ville) Parking While the shipyards are on strike, a steelworker has a fling with the married daughter of his widowed landlady. 9 CESAR AWARD 1983 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR 1982 Colour 1.66 Dolby Stereo Drama, musical 92 Cast : Dominique Sanda, Richard Berry, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, Fabienne Guyon, Jean-François Stévenin Music by Michel Colombier A masterpiece with radical aesthetics Télérama Orpheus is a rock star whose wife, Eurydice, is a sculptress who does drugs. When she dies of an overdose, Orpheus goes looking for her in hell, below a car park where Hades and Persephone rule. 1985 Colour 1,78:1 Mono Fantasy, Drama 95 Cast : Francis Huster, Keïko Ito, Laurent Malet, Gérard Klein, Jean Marais, Marie-France Pisier, Hugues Quester An homage to the legendary Orpheus myth filmed by Jean Cocteau in 1950.
SHORT FILMS Le Sabotier du Val de Loire (1955, 23 ) Le Bel Indifférent (1957, 29 ) Ars (1959, 18 ) La Luxure (1961, 14 )
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